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TIL that Russia and the U.S. are both signatories on the Open Skies Treaty that allows intelligence gathering flights over any part of a member’s country, and not be restricted for reasons of national security.

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Jg1B TIL that the sword fight choreographer for The Mark of Zorro, Highlander, The Princess Bride, Lord of the Rings, Die Another Day and many other movies was a stunt double for Darth Vader in Star Wars episodes V and VI
KYK5B TIL Pope Pius X issued a papal edict that wind instruments, which included the saxophone, should not be used in Catholic worship
WkJrN TIL: J. Edgar Hoover opposed Japanese Internment Camps. Saying the decision was “based on public and political pressure, not factual data”.
YMXx TIL that one’s 180 degree angle of view above water is compressed to a 97° angle of view below water, similar to the effect of a fisheye lens. The phenomenon has a name, “Snell’s Window” we have all likely seen it.
X1kr TIL only 8% of the outdoor statues of people in the US are of women